Come Poor Sinners

Come Poor Sinners

by | Feb 25, 2014 | Praying with Fr. Querbes

“Come poor sinners—you who despair and lose confidence in God because of your past mistakes…You are those who need the remedies of the Great Physician, and I will be only happy to minister to you His consolations.” Fr. Querbes in The Mary-Hearted...
Come Poor Sinners

Consecration to Mary

by | Feb 25, 2014 | Praying with Fr. Querbes

“O Mary, I consecrate to you this first effort of my ministry and under your patronage do I make this beginning.” Fr. Querbes, “Devotion to Mary” (1817) in The Mary-Hearted Catechist, p. 16. Prayer Loving God, we pray that your Church may always remain...
Come Poor Sinners

Singing of Canticles

by | Feb 25, 2014 | Praying with Fr. Querbes

“The singing of canticles…has always been one of the most precious means used to affirm and extend the Reign of God in souls. Words accessible to all…are easily memorized and are repeated with pleasure.” DQ 15 1.68 Prayer Loving God, you lift us out of the...